Green Futures

Month: June 2013

  • Golden Beetroot Pasta.

    Golden beetroot has a slightly milder flavour than the regular one and is a vibrant, bright yellow, which brings a splash of colour to any dish. Combined with fresh herb pesto and fresh spicy rocket the Golden Beetroot pasta dish is also very healthy.

    Ingredients:

    1 or 2 warm roasted Golden beetroot

    300g cooked, hot fresh, penne pasta

    2 tbsp fresh herb pesto

    Handful washed ruccola/rocket

    Extra virgin olive oil

    Sea salt and black pepper

    Preparation:

    Beetroot can be roasted in its skin and will take approx 30 mins for a medium beetroot.  Just give it a stab with a fork to ensure it has softened enough to eat.

    Remove the skin and any root or remaining stalk from the hot, roasted beetroot. Chop the beetroot into small dice, keep warm.

    Place the cooked pasta into a warmed, large serving bowl. Add the pesto and stir thoroughly.

    Add the ruccola/rocket, stir again then finally add the cooked beetroot.

    Drizzle the pasta with olive oil and season with salt and pepper and serve immediately with a fresh green salad and crusty bread.

  • Veg Box News 17.06.13

    So I know at least 3 people read the news letter as I did get some comments back, which is nice, as it takes a surprising amount of time to pen these few words and make sure I haven’t totally written a load of nonsense. If you want to contribute anything then please contact our Facebook or by emailing Orders@ our web address

     We had some positive feedback about the new potatoes so it was obviously worth stepping out of the county. In the coming weeks we will feature some of the other growers that we work with. Green Futures veg delivery service is about using the food we grow as part of our main project, plus reducing food miles and supporting smaller and local growers. Some people have said that they thought we grew it all our selves; this is just not possible. We have over a 100 customers and just on potatoes alone we get through about 13 tons in a year! This week we have Lincolnshire new potatoes in the box and broad beans from our own site as an extra item.

     At all times we work hard to bring you quality veg and to encourage you to spend your money in a smaller local way. The economics of spending in local shops is very interesting with thelocal retailers returned 52 per cent of their revenue to the local economy as opposed to 14 per cent for chains including supermarkets. If people are serious about wanting to help the local area then if everyone shopped in small local shops we would be living in a different town!

     On site we continue to be helped by a small army of volunteers and work placement people that are real stars. We are developing our veg prep area and also creating a room affectionately known as Kylie’s pantry; which will be stocked with tasty health foods, environmentally friendly products and be a base for the flower arranging and selling our site produce.

     Please don’t forget if you need to alter your order or let us know about additional things you would like to buy, please call us 2 days before your delivery so we have time to get the items ready and so we don’t waste any food.

    Long term customers will know that behind the scenes we are trying to set up an online shop and computerised delivery system. We got a stage closer this week!

     Thanks for your continued support!

    Sean and Kylie

    PS get a friend to try a box and we will give you a treat in your box the following week!